![]() ![]() ![]() This time Grace’s case takes him into the world of art collecting and finds that when a collector wants a particular painting, they might pursue it using any means at their disposal, even murder. I managed to get access to Peter James’s latest through Netgalley a couple of months ago, but have been a little late in writing up my review. Luckily for me, both mum and daughter had a full set of Grace novels so I was able to spend a few weeks slowly working my way through his entire story. This unexpected rummage through their cast offs brought both Elly Griffiths and Roy Grace to my notice. She’d noticed I had a substantial library of my own when she popped round to introduce herself. So, she asked me over for a cup of tea and to look through their boxes of duplicate books. When she moved in across the road from me with her English teacher daughter, they both had an extensive library. ![]() It was lovely to be back in the world of Roy Grace, a character I was introduced to by a lovely new neighbour nearly ten years ago. But beneath the veneer, he rapidly finds that greed, deception and violence walk hand-in-hand. Outwardly it appears respectable, gentlemanly, above reproach. Detective Superintendent Roy Grace finds himself plunged into an unfamiliar and rarefied world of fine art. ![]()
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